Issue 4 is up! You can get your copy here: https://34orchard.com/issues/issue-4/
This is our biggest issue yet, and contains truly outstanding work. Don’t miss it!
Author: kristipetersenschoonover
A ghost story writer who still sleeps with the lights on, Kristi Petersen Schoonover’s fiction has appeared in many magazines and anthologies; her traditionally published books include a short story collection, THE SHADOWS BEHIND. She was the recipient of three Norman Mailer Writers Colony Residencies and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College. She is founding editor of the dark literary journal 34 ORCHARD, and is a board member of the New England Horror Writers, a member of the Horror Writers Association, and a proud member of the Rhode Island writer's community We Are Providence. Follow her adventures at kristipetersenschoonover.com.
Announcing the Table of Contents for the Autumn 2021 issue of 34 ORCHARD!
We’re thrilled to announce the Table of Contents for the Fall 2021 issue of 34 Orchard, which will be released on November 10, 2021!
This is our biggest issue yet. Here’s what we’ve got in store for you:
Cover Art: The Ghost of the Fair – Walter H. Von Egidy
Dead Man’s Curve – Rachel Unger
Rocky Mountain Hocus – C.R. Langille
Richmond Hill – Donna Dallas
A Marked Life – Greer Arrowsmith
Open Letter to a Killer – Sarah Collins Honenberger
Mourning Girl – Page Sullivan
Chekhov’s Pliers – H. Zuroski
Everything Fits If You Push Hard Enough – Rob Francis
Botany Lesson – Shelly Jones
In The City of Floating Wolves – Tara Campbell
Here I Am – Shannon Hollinger
Lost & Found – Michael Allyn Wells
Finding Peace with the Anechoic System – Matt Brandenburg
Night Sounds – Andrew Majors
Planetless – Angi Shearstone
Of Ink and Blood – Kevin M. Casin
The Bone Garden of Arachne Lovell – Ness Cernac
The Estate Sale – Molly Greer
All Clued Out – Ray Daley
Croaking Frogs – Sean Jacques
Last Christmas – Robbie Gamble
Letter to the Other Side – Rob Smales
The issue will be available right here on the issues page on November 10!
It’s August 1 – our submission window is closed. Enjoy the rest of your summer!
Our submissions window for the Autumn 2021 issue is now closed. There were very difficult decisions to make (and still to be made).
If you’ve not received a decision yet, we will let you know no later than August 31–unless, of course, the guidelines weren’t followed; we received over one hundred of those. Although we’d like to provide an answer to each and every submission, we had to draw a line at those that didn’t follow guidelines. We just don’t have the time or the staff.
Between now and then, if you haven’t gotten an answer and you need to withdraw your work due to acceptance elsewhere, please drop us a line at 34orchardjournal@gmail.com.
Certainly, if you have any questions or concerns, you can also email us at the same address. We’ll get back to your promptly.
The reading period for the Spring 2022 issue, which will be published in April is from January 1 through January 31, 2021. We look forward to reading your work next time around!
Happy July! We’re accepting submissions through July 31!
It’s July 1, 2021, and that means submissions are open! Don’t delay—the window closes July 31, 2021 at 11:59 p.m ET.
We are accepting fiction and poetry. Please visit our guidelines. Please note that we get so many submissions that if our guidelines aren’t followed, your submission will be deleted unread.
We look forward to reading your work!
ISSUE 3 IS NOW AVAILABLE!
Issue 3 is now available for download! You can get it here: https://34orchard.com/issues/issue-3/, or here, which also has links for Issues 1 and 2: https://34orchard.com/issues/
The Spring 2021 Table of Contents is here!
We’re excited to announce the Table of Contents for Issue 3 – Spring 2021 – coming to this website April 25, 2021!
In our third issue, twenty artists ruminate on the sometimes devastating consequences of choice … on the verandah, a selection of cocktails awaits. Choose wisely!
Cover Art: Please Pray – Jen Connic
Am I Beautiful? – Carl Olson
Inheritance – Annie Dunn Watson
Salt and Pepper – W.T. Paterson
The Days Before – Stephanie Lennon
Ribbons – Crystal Sidell
Ark – Charlotte Wyatt
Because You’re Mine – Meghan Arcuri
What the Hands Say of Love – David Holper
Apology – William Kitcher
Intersection – Heather Sullivan
A Lively Place – Nadine Rodriguez
Jim’s World – Ken MacGregor
Unfolding – Elisa Subin
The names of birds. – Jared Lynch
Last Stone on the Left – David H. West
Everything Left in the Bag – Keltie Zubko
One Flesh – Jon Shank
Bathtub Mary – Trisha J. Wooldridge
The Bodies We Should Forget – Nicola Kapron
You’ll be able to download your copy from our Issue Page here on Sunday, April 25. Don’t forget the donate link! Our issues are always free of charge, but if you’d like to help us out, we’d love that. We pay our artists $50 per piece, and that largely comes out of our pockets. Help us keep great art in the world—and others escape to 34 Orchard.
Congratulations are in order …
We’ve just learned that Deborah L. Davitt’s poem “A Hand Against My Window” has been nominated for the 2021 Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association’s Rhysling Award! Congratulations, Deborah!
We published “A Hand Against My Window” because it’s just plain terrifying. Check it out in Issue 1 here: https://34orchard.com/issues/issue-1/
If you’d like to learn more about the SFPA and the Rhysling Award, you can do that here: https://www.sfpoetry.com/index.html
Our January reading period’s a wrap!
Our submissions window for the Spring 2021 issue is now closed. We once again received over 1000 submissions, and we are thankful for everyone’s work! There were very difficult decisions to make (and still to be made).
If you’ve not received a decision yet, we will let you know no later than February 28. Between now and then, if you haven’t gotten an answer and you need to withdraw your work due to acceptance elsewhere, please drop us a line at 34orchardjournal@gmail.com.
Certainly, if you have any questions or concerns, you can also email us at the same address. We’ll get back to your promptly.
The reading period for the Autumn 2021 issue, which will be published in November, is from July 1 to July 31, 2021. We look forward to reading your work next time around!
HAPPY 2021! Submissions are now open!
It’s January 1, 2021, and while it means the crazy that was 2020 is over, it also means our submissions are open, so let’s get back to work! Don’t delay—the window closes January 31, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. US Eastern time.
We are accepting fiction and poetry. Please visit our guidelines.
If you’d like to read our first two issues to get a sense of what we’re all about, visit our Issues page here. We look forward to reading your work!
ISSUE 2 IS HERE!
34 Orchard‘s Issue 2, Autumn 2020, has arrived! You can head over to the issue’s page here to download your copy as a PDF.
While we don’t have a print edition–this is so we can focus on paying our writers–the PDF is designed for double-sided printing.
As always, our issues are free of charge, but if you’d like to help us out, there’s a link to donate $1.99, and a Paypal address at the bottom of the page if you’d like to donate more.
We are extremely proud of the fine work featured in this issue, and we’re especially happy that COVID didn’t foil our plans for bringing our readers quality work. Thank you for supporting us, and enjoy!
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